Weight device for use by pianists and the like



March 1 6 1926.

l H. RAY

WEIGHT DEVICE FOR USE 'BY FIANISTS AND THE LIKE Filed June 13, 1923 INVEN TOR BY v ATTo may" Patented Mar;

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rms rou are, or NEW-YORK, N. y: a

wnieirr'nnvrcnlroausnBrrIANIsTsAND TVHEHLIVKEV Bea known that I, ue bsnfa jau- ,zen ,Of the UnitedfStatesfand i'eside'n'tof tion. 1

New .York, in -the county of New York and State of'NewYork,h'ave'invented certain; new and useful 1 Improvements in ,VVeightDevices forfUsefby Pianists and the like, of which "the following is aspecifica- I, My present mentsjinweight-sets-or devices for use bypianists and the like for strengthening. and

5 j eimpartinglflekibility to their fingers, hands,

'will appear from" anfunder'standing of the.

, I these, Fig. 1 is ajflront elevation,

"wrists, etc.,,and lforjimpiroving their touch ,and tone'production. Themore specific ob-, I V 7 p a each bag; and as strength and proficiencyjects andiadvantages of. my improvements following description of-one.of; the prefeifred' embodiments of niy invention in confnection with thedrawings;

partly in section, of a weight-set embodying my present improvements,Fig. "2 is a V61; 1 ticalcross-sectional v ew, partly 1n eleva- 'tion,onthexline22-iniFig.e f1 looking in. a the direction of the arrows;Figg3'fl1s a top w I 'plani-viewqof; the Weight bag of said set de-Qtached from its wrist-bandlorf bail and F1g. tis'a detail view onanenlarged scale of one of the rings for .conn'ecting the bag torthebail.

Describing now my iinprovenients by reference to, the devicesof' thedrawingsillushating the embodiment thereof which at v present-I prefer,.1 is ai'rbag'jof rectangular horizontal crosssection made preferably ofthin,; soft, flexible leather, said bag; being openable at the top"where it is provided Y jwithoverlapping fiapsfl hwhich are adapted i]where they; overlap "to; befreleasably united a by-thefsnap fasteners3.;;

' At'or near its-upper corners, thei is i providedwith eyelets wforsuspending it underthe wrist of'the pianist 'from'a band ing over thetop ofthe wrist.

I or'bail'5 (described later ini'detail) The purpose 'of'thebag l is toreceive av,plurality I of weights, of lwhi'ch any "number up toall'canbeuseddepending upon#. the

increasing; strength 6f the fingersfhands and wrists of the pianistinthe course of ,his exercise .andrpract'ice 'with the device. Of course,each:- of :the' wrists of the pianist will have its own wrist-band andweight bag 1 suspended therefrom.

invention consists of improveektendremovable from thebag l independentlyof' one another In the illustrated bag 1 there are shown five of thesesaeks piled ontopv of one another. For this purpose, the filled sacksare more or less ithin andflat with their'horizontal cross-section ofthe size and {shape adapted to fill or fit loos ely the horis' z'o'ntaleross-section of the bag so as to be readily removable and insertable. i

. 'A'pianistbegi'nning to use ,the weight sets for improvingtouch andtechnique and for v imparting strength andfiexibility, etc, will startwith only one or two'weight sacks -8 in develop will gradually addfurther weight sacks until the maximurnnumber is attained suited to therequirements of the particular cas .r s The wrist-band or bail 5 suspends the bag from the wrist, with its long side extending ten inches longand about one and one-half to two inches wide, and will preferablyleather containing a strip of felt or other soft 'material 5, saidflattened tube having its ends closed by stitching or otherwise andfurther having each of said ends "provided consist-in effect of aflattened tube; (as best shown i112) of thin, soft, flexible with a'pairofeyelets 65 601 a series of 7 "pairs. I

,The eyelets 4 at theupperjcorners of the bag l are conn'ectedto four ofthe eyelets 7}: Fig. 4 shows one of :these rings on an venlargedscale,'from"whichit 'will be noted that each ring has a part thereof .7ewhichv v a tcone end has a' swivel connection 7? with the r'nainpart.of the ringandis provided at its other end with a projection 7 adapt edto 'snapreleasably into a corresponding socket in the mainjrwpart of therin to complete said ring. Thus, the, ring A 7, can be readily] linked-through the aforesaid eyethe wrist-bail ,5 to adjust it in size to suitthe wrist of the given person. The weightbag 1 always hangsloosely andfreely from the wrist and the device in no way tightly :6onthewrist-ba'il 5 by meansof four rings

